Timber flooring was destroyed after a fire ripped through a converted mill building.

Fire crews from Bolton Central and Horwich fire stations were called to Beehive Mills in Great Lever, Bolton, at around 3.20pm this afternoon (November 4) after reports of flames tearing through timber floor-boards in the pump room above the building's sprinkler house.

Four fire fighters wearing specialist breathing apparatus tackled the flames with two hose reels after using breaking-in gear to gain access to the room.

As a precaution, a thermal imaging camera was used to ensure the flames had been completely extinguished.

A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said nobody is understood to have been hurt in the blaze, which saw firefighters forced to cut away a large section of charred flooring.